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Broadband Tunable QCL based
Sensor for Online and Inline
Detection of Contaminants in Water
WP7 Dissemination, communication, Exploitation and Standardisation
obtains input from other WPs, focusing on scientific research and ensures the
communication and dissemination of results achieved within the WPs to the
outside parties and participating entities. WP7 also supports the partners to
exploit the achieved results and impact the European and international market.
The ethical and societal impact of the project will be closely monitored and re-
ported on.
WP8 Project, Risk and Innovation Management will interact with all other
WPs in order to ensure a successful project lifetime with respect to risk and in-
novation management. WP8 depends on all other WPs. Furthermore it per-
forms scientific coordination to reach the common goal of AQUARIUS.
The AQUARIUS project has received funding from the Eu-ropean Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation pro-gramme under grant agreement No. 731465.This project is an initiative of the Photonics Public Private Partnership.
Consortium: 8 partners (5 countries)
Project Coordinator: Dr. Klaus-Michael Koch
Technical Leader: DI Wolfgang Ritter
Project Website: www.aquarius-project.eu
Key Data:
Start Date: 01st January 2017
End Date: 31st
December 2019
Duration: 36 months
Project Reference: 731465
Project Budget: € 3.891.263,75
Project Funding: € 3.891.263,75
Enhancement of broadband tunable quantum cascade lasers in terms of
spectral coverage and noise (TRL increase: from 4 to 6)
Realisation of a fully functional spectrometer sub-system consisting of a
μEC-QCL and a fast MCT detector including data acquisition (TRL increase:
from 3 to 6)
Advance Oil-in-Water (OiW) monitoring capabilities from offline (state-of-the-
art) to online (TRL increase: from 3 to 6)
Test of the online OiW system at industrial end users (TRL 7)
Realisation of integrated optical circuits (IOCs) for waveguide based sensing
and inline capable sensing configuration (TRL increase: from 2 to 4)
Assembly and test of the inline OiW system in a laboratory environment
(TRL increase: from 2 to 4)
OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES
Ensuring highest possible water quality is the driving force behind this project
The variety and concentration of chemical species in the aquatic systems
can be quite diverse, presenting a challenge in terms of both water purifica-
tion strategies and water quality control.
Thousands of contaminants are used every day and new ones are continual-
ly put on the market. Increasingly effective laboratory detection techniques
are now revealing the presence of low concentrations of contaminants.
Novel water monitoring technologies are needed for all types of water. These
new technologies shall enable pervasive water monitoring, which can re-
place and compliment currently employed laboratory based offline methods
by online or inline monitoring strategies.
MOTIVATIONMOTIVATION
The AQUARIUS project is planned to run for 36 months and subdivided
into eight work packages (WP). Between those work packages there are
significant dependencies and expected synergies.
WP1 Requirements and specifications for Online and Inline OiW analyser is
a foundation point for AQUARIUS execution. The main objective is to derive re-
quirement definitions and specifications for the system, as well as sub-systems
and modules.
WP2 Broadband tunable MIR laser source for spectroscopy will focus on the
design, growth and processing of quantum cascade lasers and optical compo-
nents for fast spectral scanning within the mid-infrared range.
WP3 Broadband MIR laser spectrometer covers the development of a high-speed mid-infrared spectrometer for transmission and attenuated total reflection spectroscopy of OiW samples.
WP4 Inline OiW spectroscopy with functionalized sensor shall develop a compact demonstrator of a sensing system for fast and direct (inline) mid-IR spectroscopic measurement of liquids for determination of the parameter OiW.
WP5 Online OiW analyser by automatic extractor for hydrocarbons in water
will design and develop a system for enhanced online OiW analysis, towards a
concept prototype.
WP6 Validation and assessment of MIR water analysers will perform valida-tion and assessment of the online and inline OiW analysers.
TECHNICAL APPROACHTECHNICAL APPROACH
AQUARIUS will provide an on- and inline capable mid-IR
sensing solution to meet legal provisions for industrial
waste water and drinking water monitoring.
Significant enhancement in sensitivity will be achieved by
advancement of the laser source and the detector as well as
an innovative combination of sample extraction and
preparation.
The AQUARIUS sensing solution will be developed along
the entire value chain towards integration in industrially
proven online devices for water control driven by strong in-
dustrial commitment in this consortium.
MISSIONMISSION
Technikon Forschungs- und Planungsgesellschaft mbH, Austria
QUANTARED TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, Austria
Technische Universitaet WIEN, Austria
Interuniversitair Microelectronicacentrum
IMEC VZW, Belgium
KWR Water B.V., The Netherlands
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten
Forschung E.V., Germany
Vigo system S.A., Poland
OMV Exploration & Production GmbH, Vienna / Austria
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